CX Briefing: Nvidia Summoned by Beijing Over Security Risks

A rundown of the news making headlines in and around China:

Nvidia summoned: China’s internet regulator called in Nvidia Corp. executives on Thursday to explain what it called “security risk issues” with the U.S. semiconductor giant’s computing chips. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) asserted that Nvidia’s H20 has a backdoor vulnerability because of the tracking and remote shutdown technologies built into the chip. Nvidia created the H20 specifically for the Chinese market, designing it to comply with U.S. export restrictions. In its announcement on the summons, the CAC pointed out that American lawmakers had called for advanced chips exported from the U.S. to be equipped with tracking and location functions.